Danielle Schmiemann

Danielle Nicole Schmiemann (born May 29, 1996) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.

She currently plays third on Team Selena Sturmay.

She is originally from Sundre, Alberta but later moved to and graduated from high school in Stony Plain, Alberta.

Schmiemann started at the University of Alberta in 2014, joining the Pandas Curling Program.

She played within the program throughout the entirety of her University Degree and now joins a group of very successful Bears and Pandas alumni, including all three of her current teammates Kelsey Rocque, Dana Ferguson and Rachelle Brown.

In 2015, Schmiemann joined the Kelsey Rocque rink of Rocque, Holly Jamieson and Jesse Iles.

The team won the Alberta Junior Curling Championship, earning her and her team a berth at the 2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador.

There, the team went 9–1 in the round robin giving them a birth to the final, where they won against Ontario's Chelsea Brandwood 8–2.

The team represented Canada at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships, where they would go undefeated en route to claiming the title.

Rocque aged out of juniors following the season and Schmiemann joined the Kristen Streifel rink at third.

The team won one tour event, the Crestwood Ladies Fall Classic.

At the Alberta Junior Provincials, the team lost the semifinal and would not go to the 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships.

Later that season, Schmiemann played with Rocque and represented the Alberta Pandas at the 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships where they defeated the Thompson Rivers WolfPack skipped by Corryn Brown in the final.

Because of this, she began skipping her own team for the 2016–17 season.

The team failed to qualify for the playoffs in any tour events.

With their win at the 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships earlier the previous year, Schmiemann would play with Rocque at the 2017 Winter Universiade where they would once again find success winning the gold medal for Canada.

Schmiemann chose not to play in her final year of juniors as the 2017 Alberta Junior Provincials and Canadian Junior Curling Championships conflicted with the 2017 Winter Universiade.

She played in the U Sports/Curling Canada University Curling Championships again in 2018 representing the University of Alberta where they won the title once again alongside teammates Kristen Streifel, Selena Sturmay, Jesse Iles and Paige Papley.

Shortly after this win, Schmiemann would join Rocque as an official team in 2018, with Becca Konschuh at second and Jesse Iles at lead.

This would set them up to represent Canada once again at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

They made the quarterfinals at the Tour Challenge Tier 2 Grand Slam of Curling event and finished runner-up at the 2019 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts to Chelsea Carey.

She then played with Streifel at the 2019 Winter Universiade where they lost to Sophie Jackson from Great Britain in the qualification game.

Schmiemann was also chosen to be the flag bearer for the entirety of Team Canada at this Universiade.

Team Rocque had a strong 2019–20 season, starting it off with a semifinal finish at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic.

The team qualified for the playoffs at the 2019 Tour Challenge Grand Slam event where they lost to eventual winners Anna Hasselborg.

However, due to many provinces cancelling their provincial championships as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Curling Canada added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were based on the CTRS standings from the 2019–20 season.

Team Rocque was one of the top three non-qualified teams, but they did not retain at least three of their four players from the previous season, meaning they could not qualify for the national championship.

Going into the 2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Rocque was the number one seeded team, earning their spot through the CTRS points leader berth.

They went 6–1 through the round robin, with their only loss to the Laura Walker.

They would play Walker again in the 1 vs. 2 game where they lost 7–1.

They had a strong semifinal game, able to easily defeat Krysta Hilker 8–1 setting up the third match for Rocque and Walker during the competition.

The team struggled during the final, not able to figure out the ice and losing the final for the second straight year in a row.

It would be the team's last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On March 18, 2020, it was announced that both Becca Hebert and Jesse Marlow would be leaving the team.

Rocque and Schmiemann then announced on March 21 that Dana Ferguson and Rachelle Brown would be joining them for the 2020–21 season.

Due to the pandemic, most of the tour events during the 2020–21 season were cancelled.

Team Rocque played only one competitive game together during the entire season at the Okotoks Ladies Classic in November.

After the first draw, the event was cancelled due to a province-wide shutdown in Alberta.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, the 2021 provincial championship was also cancelled.

As the reigning provincials champions, Team Laura Walker were chosen to represent Alberta at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.